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  • WELCOME TO MARINE TRADES INSTITUTE!

Great Lakes, Great Skills

Welcome to Marine Trades Institute, the only accredited school specializing in the marine trades in the Great Lakes Region. Marine Trades Institute is a non-profit, post-secondary trade school that offers programs focused on giving students skills and experiences that will help them succeed in their career. These 12-month programs provide hands-on training in a shop-like setting and on the water! Now is the time! If you like working with your hands, enjoy being on the water, and want a career in the marine industry, Marine Trades Institute may be just the right fit for you!

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Students

Launch your maritime career with hands-on training programs. Start earning while learning essential skills with high job placement.

Alumni

Join our network of successful graduates working across the Great Lakes region in leading marine industry positions.

Donors

Support the next generation of marine trades professionals. Your contribution provides training equipment and scholarship opportunities.

Employers

Connect with skilled graduates ready for your marine business. Our students graduate with practical experience and professional certifications.

Learn By Doing

At Marine Trades Institute, our students spend around 80% of their time in the shop. Fundamental to all programs at Marine Trades Institute is a strong focus on hands-on, applied learning which is reflected through the daily schedule during the semester. If you love boats, the outdoors, and working with your hands, then an education here may be the perfect fit for you.

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Cody Gall

Amazing Alumni

At the school, we learned about the marine industry on a daily basis through hands-on training, industry standard certifications, and homework assignments. So many resources were available along with the program structure that being able to transition and manage the workload in my new position was doable.

What was most beneficial was a variety of factors; professionally, it would be the network GLBBS can integrate you into: employers, manufacturers, boatbuilders, organizations, etc. Personally, I thought that it was the perfect environment to personally challenge myself but have all the necessities to focus on the goal to become a desirable hire in the marine industry, learn and have fun while doing so. The most important thing for me was becoming acquainted with the overall boat construction process which led to learning about the technicalities of any system in the boat. What was most valuable was meeting people with a similar passion, learning from their experiences, and sharing our knowledge with one another.

Cody Gall | ‘23 Marine Service Technology | Tiara Yachts

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